It was Baghdad then and it still is. It would seem as though the USA military takes solice in applying "Lessons Learned" while civilians die. This is one of my favorite "Lessons Learned" by the USA military. It was post illegal invasion and the way Saddam's munitions, under UN Seal were never secured although they drove around them and through them, the bunkers were never considered significant to secure. Yep, one of my favorites.
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Following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003—known as ... on unsecured conventional munitions in Iraq, (2) report related risk mitigation ... conventional munitions storage sites in Iraq, combined with certain prewar planning ...
OVERVIEW:-->Following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003--known as Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)--concerns were raised about how the Department of Defense (DOD) secured Iraqi conventional munitions storage sites during and after major combat operations. Because of the broad interest in this issue, GAO conducted this work under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations.
This report examines
(1) the security provided by U.S. forces over Iraqi conventional munitions storage sites and
(2) DOD actions to mitigate risks associated with an adversary's conventional munitions storage sites for future operations on the basis of OIF lessons learned. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed ...
Background: Following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003--known as Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)--concerns were raised about how the Department of Defense (DOD) secured Iraqi conventional munitions storage sites during and after major combat operations. Because of the broad interest in this issue, GAO conducted this work under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations. This report examines (1) the security provided by U.S. forces over Iraqi conventional munitions storage sites and (2) DOD actions to mitigate risks associated with an adversary's conventional munitions storage sites for future operations on the basis of OIF lessons learned. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed ...
There was this report that I haven't found at the GAO yet. I would be nice if they would include a link to the report they refer to:
The number of attacks carried out by factions in Iraq’s overlapping conflicts has dipped slightly since the start of a new security plan but remains high, according to a US report released last week.The Government Accountability Office report recorded only the raw number of attacks, not the number of casualties, so it remains possible that a recent spate of large-scale car bombings had kept civilian deaths at record levels.
The GAO’s report into the problems facing US reconstruction efforts cites Pentagon figures showing the number of daily attacks peaked in October before dropping off in recent months, but remained twice as high as one year ago.“The US reconstruction effort was predicated on the assumption that a permissive security environment would exist. However, since June 2003, overall security conditions in Iraq have deteriorated”, the report said.“The average total number of attacks per day has risen from 71 per day in January 2006 to a record high of 176 per day in October 2006”, it added.“For the last three months, average attacks per day were 164 in February, 157 in March, and 149 in April 2007”.
The GAO used the Pentagon’s figures to compile its estimates, despite these being compiled using a methodology which has been much criticized in the past as likely to severely underestimate the true level of violence.
Last year’s report by a panel of senior American lawmakers and policy experts headed by former Secretary of State James Baker said the military’s method for recording attacks led to “significant underreporting of the violence”.
“For example”, it said, “on one day in July 2006 there were 93 attacks or significant acts of violence reported. Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence”.
Whether complete or not, the US government’s figures show a clear trend of escalating daily attacks since the invasion of March 2003, dipping slightly after the launch of a security operation in February this year.
"...Dipping slightly..." That justifies everything doesn't it. Slight dip. Bush has no conscience.
